This mission will pave the way for groundbreaking observations of everything from petroleum reserves to global supplies of ...

Fall migration is happening earlier for a North American bird species that is already in rapid decline, adding pressure to ...

Rising ocean temperatures and lingering industrial toxins are proving deadly for short-beaked common dolphins in UK waters.

There's a sensation that you experience—near a plane taking off or a speaker bank at a concert—from a sound so total that you ...

A 6.6-magnitude earthquake struck far off southwest Australia on Wednesday, but no tsunami warning was issued.

An unusual convoy neared Argentina's lush border with Brazil on Tuesday, after snaking through traffic-snarled roads for hours. Inside the specialized iron crate strapped to a truck and flanked by ...

The Endangered Species Act (ESA), now 50 years old, was once a rare beacon of bipartisan unity, signed into law by President ...

Most people think of crocodilians as living fossils—stubbornly unchanged, prehistoric relics that have ruled the world's swampiest corners for millions of years. But their evolutionary history tells a ...

A team of researchers at the University of Oxford have uncovered crucial evidence for the origin of water on Earth. Using a ...

Scientists have unveiled a new food source designed to sustain honey bee colonies indefinitely without natural pollen.

A spat between birds at a backyard birdfeeder highlights the sometimes fierce competition for resources that animals face in ...

An international study published in Communications Earth & Environment has advanced earthquake simulations to better ...